Talarico’s campaign stated that he was absent from
the campaign trail for weeks due to the “flu.”
Critics, political commentators, and social media figures (including reports shared by Nick Sortor and Caroline Wren) alleged that Talarico was actually at the Lindner Center of HOPE—a mental health and addiction treatment center near Cincinnati.
Private flight data and unconfirmed claims from unnamed facility staff seems to verify the story.
Townhall.com repotted on Facebook that a staffer at the Lindner Treatment Center
told reporters that Texas Senate candidate James Talarico had been a patient at the facility...
Where is he now ? As far as I know there have been no speeches , no pressers , no rallies , zip , zero , nadda . Nothing scheduled on his website as of 2 hours ago .
I’m grateful, if confirmed, to the staff member. But he’s also soon to be a former staff member. That’s a firing offense by definition